Education

Texas has an increasingly diverse public education system with a public school enrollment of more than 5 million. Unfortunately, that public education system is also the target of right-wing extremists seeking to privatize our neighborhood public schools and push a culture-war agenda in the classroom.

To that end, Texas Freedom Network tirelessly fights for Texas public school students at the Capitol — opposing private school voucher legislation, sticking up for students’ freedoms, advocating for truthful, censorship-free lessons and textbooks, and more. We’ve also conducted groundbreaking research into what is taught in classrooms on subjects like sex education and religion.

Resources

Teach the Truth: Texans United Against Censorship in Education
Can This Class Be Saved? The ‘Hobby Lobby’ Public School Bible Curriculum (2014 report)
Reading, Writing & Religion II (2013 report)
Sex Education in Public Schools: Progress in the Lone Star State (2011 report)
Just Say Don’t Know: Sex Education in Texas Public Schools (2009 report)
The State Board of Education: Dragging Texas Schools into the Culture Wars (2008 report)
Reading Writing & Religion: Teaching the Bible in Texas Public Schools (2006 report)
Broken Promises II (2001 report)
Broken Promises: Charter Schools in Texas (2000 report)

Texas Freedom Network Congratulates Organized Community Members in Katy ISD as District Rejects Policy Hiring Unqualified Chaplains

February 26, 2024

Katy ISD voted no on allowing chaplains who are unqualified to act as school counselors to serve as “mental health personnel and support.” […]

Galveston ISD Rejects Policy Hiring Unqualified Chaplains, Texas Freedom Network Congratulates Organized Community Members

February 22, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 21, 2024 CONTACT: Imelda Mejia, [email protected] HOUSTON — The Galveston ISD Board of Trustees tonight rejected creating a new policy under SB 763 allowing chaplains who are unqualified to act as school counselors to be employed or accepted as volunteers to serve as “mental health personnel and support” in the district’s public […]

Patriotic math? Far-right Texas SBOE sets its 2024 priorities

February 8, 2024

If the first meeting of 2024 is any indication, too many SBOE members are already more interested in playing politics than educating kids. […]

PragerU Kids Is Twisting Black History One Video at a Time

February 5, 2024

Content warning: This blog discusses historical racial violence. If you keep up with public education, you’ve probably heard of PragerU by now. Maybe you even followed the controversy when far-right State Board of Education (SBOE) member Julie Pickren falsely claimed it was coming to Texas classrooms last year. Let’s get it straight: PragerU is not […]